Both of these complaints are minor and greatly overshadowed by the book as a whole. Most of these, however, are things that could very well have happened and do not force you to "suspend your disbelief" much at all. Other than that, my only complaint are minor "conveniences" that would occasionally push the plot in favor of the good guys, such as a perfectly timed arrival or lucky not-quite-related events. I am still a bit annoyed with the odd time jumps that appear inside the story, but this time the beginning of important events are not cut off, which was my primary qualm with the first novel. Wonderfully detailed descriptions of another of her world's civilizations fill the tail end of the novel. Naomi displays once again an excellent knowledge of life at sea and the amazingly thought out logistics of her world. I was pleasantly surprised to not only see little time lapse, but that this book did not introduce some random new plot device, but instead continues with the story of what China thinks about Temeraire's current condition, which was brought up many times near the end of the first novel. This book continues the first book's excellent historically-based theme while nicely picking up the plot soon after the conclusion of the first book.
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